PART 7ENFORCEMENT
Temporary stop notices
118Restrictions on power to issue temporary stop notice
(1)
A temporary stop notice may not prohibit—
(a)
the use of a building as a dwelling, or
(b)
the carrying out of an activity of a kind, or in circumstances, specified in regulations.
(2)
A temporary stop notice may not prohibit the carrying out of an activity that has been carried out (whether or not continuously) for at least 4 years before the day on which a copy of the notice is first displayed in accordance with section 117.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not prevent a temporary stop notice prohibiting—
(a)
activity consisting of or incidental to building, engineering, mining, or other operations, or
(b)
the deposit of waste.